Omega casts the player into the role of a cyber-tank designer and programmer. The goal is to design a powerful tank capable of defeating opponents within the frames of a limited budget. A successful completion of this task grants the player character a higher security clearance and a large budget. Combat plays little to no role in the game; the gameplay is dedicated to designing the tanks themselves.

The player programs tanks by using a built-in text editor. It is possible to assign different artificial intelligence script commands that control various aspects of the tank, as well as enable communication between several tanks in a group. The player must take into account the equipment of a tank and its attributes in order to design a vehicle that would prove successful in combat.

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"T.A.N.C." -- Working title

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An introduction to A.I. programming.

DOS

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The Press Says

The Games Machine (UK)	Commodore 64	Dec, 1989	89 out of 100	89
Amiga Joker	Amiga	Mar, 1990	81 out of 100	81
Power Play	Amiga	May, 1990	78 out of 100	78
Power Play	DOS	Nov, 1989	78 out of 100	78
Power Play	Atari ST	Jan, 1990	78 out of 100	78
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Commodore 64	Nov, 1992		40
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Apple II	Nov, 1992		40
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Atari ST	Nov, 1992		40
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	DOS	Nov, 1992		40

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Trivia

Omega was a much-improved, advanced version of Silas Warner's classic Robot War. John Romero was part of the small group that came up with the name for this game.

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This entry was contributed by Patrick Bregger (85341), Old man gamer (302), KnockStump